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Roads by Portishead
The Am chord is sometimes "sussed" to add a transition, but mostly
chords
are just strummed once with lots of echo and reverb and a bit of
distortion.  The strumming can be slightly tricky if you're singing at
the same time, so listen to the record to get it right.
  [Intro/Verse]
e:-Am----------------G60-----|----Fmaj71--------E70----|------|-----F--------G--------|
B:-----------------0-----|----1--------0----|------|---------------------|
G:----5------------0-----|----2--------1----|------|---0h2-----0h4-----5-|
D:-7--------7------2-----|----2--------0----|--x2--|---0h3-----0h5-----7-| x2
A:----7------------2-----|----3--------2----|------|-----3-----0h5-----7-|
E:-5---------------3-----|----1--------0----|------|-----1-------3-----5-|
Drums come in...
[Verse 1]
  AmOho,   G6can't anybody Fma7see?       E7We've got a Amwar to fight,
  G6Never found our way,  Fmaj7regardless,  E7of what they say
   FHow can it feeGl, this Amwrong?  From this Fmoment,
How can if fGeel, this wAmrong?
[Verse 2] (same chords as previously) Chords have more echo here
    AmStonedG6, in the morning ligFmaj7ht,   I feeE7l,   no Ammore
Can I saG6y,    Fmaj7frozen,   E7to myself, FI got nobody on Gmy side,
And surely that ain't Amright
        F     GSurely that ain't Amright.
[Verse 3]
Same as verse 1, except with strings..Also, 2nd Am is sussed,
if you see what I mean...(play 2nd Am as Am->Asus4->G6)
Until
  FHow can it Gfeel, this Amwrong, from this Fmoment
How can it Gfeel, this E7wrong?
[Break]
Play intro (with a lot of bass A, G, F, E) up to:
  FHow can it Gfeel, this Amwrong, from this Fmoment
How can it Gfeel, this E7wrong?
Play Verse 1 again (the same way as in intro).
Ends on:                 Am
                "...this wrong."
Other ways of playing some chords:
----------------------------------
       Fmaj7Amsus4      Am   G6or
e:--0---------------0-----3--0--|
B:--1---------5-----1-----5--0--| The 1st G6 voicing is a bit crap,
G:--2---------7-----2-----4--0--| but Fmaj7 and Am and 2nd G6 are easier
D:--3---------7-----2-----x--0--| to play like this on an accoustic
A:--3---------7-----0-----5--2--| and sound better..
E:--0---------5-----------3--3--|
************************************
| x  Dead note
| h  Hammer-on
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Roads

by Portishead

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Fmaj7

Fma7

Roads by Portishead

The Am chord is sometimes "sussed" to add a transition, but mostly

chords

are just strummed once with lots of echo and reverb and a bit of

distortion. The strumming can be slightly tricky if you're singing at

the same time, so listen to the record to get it right.

[Intro/Verse]

Am G6 Fmaj7 E7 F G

e:-----------------0-----|----1--------0----|------|---------------------|

B:-----------------0-----|----1--------0----|------|---------------------|

G:----5------------0-----|----2--------1----|------|---0h2-----0h4-----5-|

D:-7--------7------2-----|----2--------0----|--x2--|---0h3-----0h5-----7-| x2

A:----7------------2-----|----3--------2----|------|-----3-----0h5-----7-|

E:-5---------------3-----|----1--------0----|------|-----1-------3-----5-|

Drums come in...

[Verse 1]

Am G6 Fma7 E7 Am

Oho, can't anybody see? We've got a war to fight,

G6 Fmaj7 E7

Never found our way, regardless, of what they say

F G Am F

How can it feel, this wrong? From this moment,

G Am

How can if feel, this wrong?

[Verse 2] (same chords as previously) Chords have more echo here

Am G6 Fmaj7 E7 Am

Stoned, in the morning light, I feel, no more

G6 Fmaj7 E7 F G

Can I say, frozen, to myself, I got nobody on my side,

And surely that ain't right

F G Am

Surely that ain't right.

[Verse 3]

Same as verse 1, except with strings..Also, 2nd Am is sussed,

if you see what I mean...(play 2nd Am as Am->Asus4->G6)

Until

F G Am F

How can it feel, this wrong, from this moment

G E7

How can it feel, this wrong?

[Break]

Play intro (with a lot of bass A, G, F, E) up to:

F G Am F

How can it feel, this wrong, from this moment

G E7

How can it feel, this wrong?

Play Verse 1 again (the same way as in intro).

Ends on: Am

"...this wrong."

Other ways of playing some chords:

----------------------------------

Fmaj7 Am G6

Amsus4 or

e:--0---------------0-----3--0--|

B:--1---------5-----1-----5--0--| The 1st G6 voicing is a bit crap,

G:--2---------7-----2-----4--0--| but Fmaj7 and Am and 2nd G6 are easier

D:--3---------7-----2-----x--0--| to play like this on an accoustic

A:--3---------7-----0-----5--2--| and sound better..

E:--0---------5-----------3--3--|

************************************

| x Dead note

| h Hammer-on

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